Savannah Dhu

Today I took a visit at the Savannah Dhu. Savannah Dhu is a 5,000 acre, privately owned wildlife preserve near Savannah, NY. Owned by Robert Congel, developer of Destiny USA Mall in Syracuse, this facility is an invitation-only deveopment that consist of a conference center that can accommodate up to 400, 2 lodges that sleep 30 people each and an outdoor tent camp that will house 42 people for hunting and fishing activities.

The place was impressive. It wasn't my first time being there and it still impresses me with their innovative and creative interior design.

[This information was taken from their website, http://www.savannahdhu.com/]

The Conference Barn

The Conference Barn has been built on the foundation of the former East Lodge. It has eleven bedrooms accommodating 30 guests. The 7,000 square foot hall and state-of-art kitchen are capable of accommodating up to 300-400 guests and is site of cooking classes, especially the culinary art of preparing wild game. The structure also contains a meat processing plant, a smoke house and a room for making maple syrup. The East Lodge was the second lodge constructed at Savannah Dhu in 1989. In the evening of September 7, 1998 a fierce storm ripped through the Syracuse/Savannah area. After being subjected to an almost constant barrage of lightning strikes, the lightning rods in the roof of the structure heated to the point they ignited the surrounding wood. The wine cellar in the Barn has wine that survived the fire that destroyed the East Lodge.

The Pines Lodge

The 28,000 square foot Pines Lodge is one of the most complex and architecturally striking buildings of its kind in the world, it incorporates a renewable energy HVAC system that uses the temperature of the 140-acre man-made pond it borders to help cool and heat the structure. There is a small 'home' kitchen and there are less rooms in the lodge. There is a private dining room in the basement and there is a wine cellar in the basement as well. In the wine cellar, there are cages of wine with the grandsons and granddaughters names one it and inherhit when they reach 21.